Improvement in horse hay-rakes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL LESSIG, OFREADING, PENNSYLVANIA.

IM PROVEM ENT IN HORSE HAY-RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 26,599, datedDecemheL2Z-1859- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is au elevated longitudinal section, andFig. 3 is a detailed View ot' the pulling-bar and its arrangements.

The nature of my invention consists in havingr an axle, Z, so arranged as to partially revolve, furnished with wheelsX X to eachend.

V V are thills secured to the axle by means of iron straps l. (Represented in Fig. 2,)

w is a brace or arm secured to the axle, to which the barS and sliding bar3 areconnected by means of joints and pins'.`

44 are cross-ties framed into the thills, through which sliding ybar 3 has its bearings.

n is a foot-spring, whereby the sliding bar 3 is held iirmly and released at pleasure.`

O is an upright shaft having its bearings at 7, and is furnished with. a handle at the top and crank 5 at the bottomiend, which Works in a slot in sliding bar 3.

g is a single-tree attached to the endvof bar 8, by which means the horse operates the discharge ot' the hay or grain from the rake.

6 6 are braces or arms secured to the axle Z, to which the rake-teeth are vattached by means of an iron bar, 9, passing through the braces and the eye-holes of the teeth.

r r are sleeves or ferrules on the bar 9 between the teeth, which secure each and every tooth in its proper place.

8 is a beam secured to the thills.

y j j4 are braces secured to beam 8, which carry the vibrating teeth-guides fi t' by means of journals or bearings at t t t. The teethguides t 'i' are slottedat the lower ends and furnished with rollers c c, over which and through the guide-slots the curved teeth pass. The guides are operated by means of the arms i ff and connectipgbars L t, which form joints at the ends ofthe arms ff and on the toothcarrying bar 9. The slotted tooth guides are furnished with spiral springs, which it loosely over the guides and press upon theteetll, by which means each and every tooth has an independent movement when coming in contact with any obstacle; which necessarily would ers will retain the `hay or grain which is in the rake.

e e are prongs -or cleaners secured to the axle Z, which assist in discharging the load from the rake. i

In using this rake the operator is seated in load he merely presses the footspring n down rake into a discharging position, as represented in dotted li'nes, Fig. 2. When the load is discharged the operator brings the teeth down by pullingr the handle onshaft O toward him self, which brings the sliding bar back,and the foot-latch enters the slot in the sliding bar, and the rake isagain ready to proceed.

rlhe 'principal features and advantages derived in this improvement arehaving the teeth to work independently by 'means of the separate spiral springs on the teeth and the opera-` teeth and lowering the prongs or cleaners, which makes ita very useful and efficient ma.` chine.

What Iclaim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-fbraces j, slotted teeth-guides t', rollers c, arms constructed and arranged for operation conjointly as and for the purpose herein set forth.

' 4 v SAM.` LESSlGrl. Witnesses:

MATTHIASMENGEL, v G. S. KINsEY.

compel one or more of the teeth to springerrise and passover the obstacle, while the oth-` seatlh, and when it is desired to discharge the with his foot, which releases the sliding bar and causes it to `move forward by the horse pulling thereon, which` instantly throws the tion ot' the horse discharging or raising the. 1

The singletree g, sliding bar 3, spring n, braces `6, axle Z, bar` 9, sleeves fr, beam; 8

f, and connecting-bars l Z, the Whole being` 

